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No. 853.430. PATENTBD MAY 14.1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL WEISSE, OF ALTENBURG, GERMANY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed January 24, 1907. Serial No. 353,894.

' is a longitudinal section of the till in its disengaged position. Fig.2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section with the alarm deviceengaged, and Figs. 4 and 5, are a modiication.

The till consists of the boX a in the interior of which a movable frameI) slides, which carries a number of keys d provided with iingers k. Thekeys d are covered by a finger-plate c. Below said keys, pawls el arearranged in a number equal to the number of the keys, and rotatablearound their pivots. These pawls e rest on a movable plate f, which isprovided with a bar e', said bar having abutments g and h, the abutmentg corresponding with a spring influenced abutment m. Z represents thealarm bell. Now, upon preventing the till being opened, one or morepawls e are to be turned upward at an angle or' 1800, and then thedrawer of the till is to be closed. Upon any attempt to open the draweragain, the iingers 7c of the keys d push against the pawls e, whereuponthe plate f and bar i become displaced, that is to say, said plate andbar are drawn outward just as much as the slots h provid ed in the bari, may allow. By this movement of the bar and plate, the abutment gbecomes disengaged with the spring influenced abutment m and situatesitself against g, thus preventing the drawer being pushed back again.Simultaneously with the displacement of the abutment m, the abutment his influenced which operates a lever of the bell Z whereupon the latterrings. The abutment h may also be situated outside the till, as shown inFig. 4. It is then necessary that the drawer slides in grooves. The bellmay be attached to the table top and is similarly operated upon pullingout the drawer. v The attempts to open the till can also be indicated bymeans oi an adjustable double base, or by means of the side walls, or bymeans of both the double base and the side walls simultaneously, asshown in Fig. 5. Of course these parts must be in suitable connectionwith the alarm device.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

A till, comprising in combination, keys (d) and adjustable pawls (e) inwhich the attaching plate for the pa wls is provided with a slide bar,or the base ofthe drawer in connection with the attaching plate, oranyother part of said drawer, or the whole drawer can be displaced uponthe attempt of opening the drawer by any unauthorized person, thuslocking the drawer and simultaneously operating a bell, substantially asdescribed and shown and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CARL WEISSE.

Witnesses:

H. W. HARRIS, Jos. H. LEUTE.

